AIS 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Red Power Movement, Joseph Trutch, Douglas Treaties
28 Oct 2016
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October 27th, 2016 contemporary indigenous land issues: bc first nations. Mi(cid:272)hael ke(cid:449), (cid:862)histor(cid:455) of coastal british colu(cid:373)(cid:271)ia si(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:1005)(cid:1012)46,(cid:863) fa(cid:272)t sheet: Treat(cid:455) (cid:374)egotiatio(cid:374)s; taiaike alfred, (cid:862)moder(cid:374) treaties: a path to assi(cid:373)ilatio(cid:374)? (cid:863) Government administration: joseph trutch, commissioner of lands (1864-1871), non-recognition of indian title and native claims to the land, no treaties are negotiated with the native nations. Indian tribes of b. c. ,1909: mckenna/mcbride land commission, 1916. Cut of lands off of the small reserves they had already been assigned: allied tribes of b. c. , 1919. Canadian government policy: first nations in b. c. fall under federal administration even though they did not have signed treaties, duncan campbell scott, 1913-1932, huge supporter of assimilating first nations. Supports b. c. government claims: potlatch ban: 1884-1951. Indian act provisions, 1919, 1927: illegal for native people to raise funds for political and legal purposes. Could(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e together a(cid:374)d fight for their rights.
